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Where does “hacke” come from?

hacke (German) comes from Middle High German hacke, from Middle High German hacken, from Old High German hacchōn, from Proto-West Germanic hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic hakkōną, from Proto-Indo-European keg- — peg; hook.

hacke (German): very drunk; inflection of hacken: ## first-person...

Definitions

  1. very drunk; inflection of hacken: ## first-person...

Ancestry of “hacke”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle High Germanhacke—
2Middle High Germanhacken—
3Old High Germanhacchōn—
4Proto-West Germanichakkōnto hack, to chop
5Proto-GermanichakkōnąTo hack; chop; To hoe
6Proto-Indo-Europeankeg-peg; hook
Every word from Proto-Indo-European keg- →